Dr. Evan Shannon comes to us from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he is completing a research fellowship in Hospital Medicine as Chief Medical Resident.  There he is an active mentor and teacher of medical students.  This is a return to the west coast for him, having attended Stanford for undergraduate, medical school at UCSF and completed his MPH in Epidemiology here at our Fielding School of Public Health.  Dr. Shannon's research looks at inequities and racial and ethnic disparities in health care.  He will do his clinical work as a hospitalist at our GLAHS VA Medical Center. Please welcome Dr. Shannon to GIM!  We all look forward to meeting and collaborating with you.

Dr. Chelsea Shover has won the UCLA Health Innovation Challenge Health Equity Pitch Contest for her proposal, "Engaging peer vaccine ambassadors to promote COVID-19 vaccine education and uptake among unhoused people."

Her volunteer crew for this 1-year project includes GIM faculty and collaborators Drs. Kristen Choi, Katherine Chen, Arleen Brown and Nina Harawa.

From the Academic Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dr. Keith Norris has received this year’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) “Research to Diversity” Award.

The Committee noted, "His selection for this distinguished honor is a tribute to his notable accomplishments and manifest commitment to diversity.  His excellent work has made a real difference, and we are proud to acknowledge his contributions in fostering an equitable and inclusive UCLA."

Congratulations, Dr. Norris!

Congratulations to Cristina Punzalan on 20 years in GIM! 

From her earlier role as an administrator for the RWJ Clinical Scholars program, to her current position as program manager of the new Department of Medicine Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Cristina has served GIM administration with dedication and excellence.  Thank you, Cristina!  

Pilot Funding Available for Health Disparities Research in Women’s Health

The Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center/UCLA National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health seeks to promote women’s health equity by targeting this pilot funding to address health disparities in traditionally underserved populations of women (e.g. racial/ethnic/sexual minorities, low socioeconomic status, rural residence, living with disabilities.)

Open to research that elucidates mechanisms driving health disparities as well as research that evaluates interventions to address health disparities, factors including but not limited to health care, health policy and the social determinants of health Research that focuses on medical issues and diseases unique to women is welcome, however, projects need not be restricted to these health issues/diseases.

For full details and application form, visit: https://www.uclahealth.org/womenshealth/womens-health-pilot-projects.

David Zingmond, MD, PhD
NIH/NIA
Impact of POLST Adoption and of Financial Incentives on Care Receipt and on Intensity of
Care Preferences in Nursing Home Patients
R01 Supplement
 03/01/2021 - 02/28/2022

Ryan Abbott, MD
African Centre for Technology Studies (Kenya)
Program and Finance Management for the African Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) Scholarships
Subcontract
03/01/21-02/28/2024

Keith Norris, MD and Arleen Brown, MD, PhD
GovOps
California Get Out the Vaccine Campaign to Stop COVID-19 (GOTV)
Contract
04/15/2021-10/14/2021

GIM Friday Noon Seminar Series

This Friday, May 7
Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, PhD
"High-Risk Approach vs. High-Benefit Approach in Hypertension Treatment Using Machine-Learning Causal Forests"

May 14 - Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD
May 21 - David Hayes, Bautista, PhD
May 28 - Kimberly Narain, MD, PhD

Live streaming webinar & phone conference line:
https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/588355752 | Password: uclagim
(669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 588 355 752